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== Discography: ==
== Discography: ==
* ''[[Self-Titled Album|Van Halen]]'' (1978)
* ''[[Self-Titled Album|Van Halen]]'' (1978)
* ''[[Chronological Album Title|Van Halen II]]'' (1979)
* ''[[Chronological Album Title|Van Halen II]]'' (1979)
* ''Women and Children First'' (1980)
* ''Women and Children First'' (1980)
* ''Fair Warning'' (1981)
* ''Fair Warning'' (1981)
* ''Diver Down'' (1982)
* ''Diver Down'' (1982)
* ''1984'' (1984)
* ''1984'' (1984)
* ''5150'' (1986)
* ''5150'' (1986)
* ''OU812'' (1988)
* ''OU812'' (1988)
* ''For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge'' (1991) ([[Getting Crap Past the Radar|ged]][[Fun with Acronyms|dit?]])
* ''For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge'' (1991) ([[Getting Crap Past the Radar|ged]][[Fun with Acronyms|dit?]])
* ''Balance'' (1995)
* ''Balance'' (1995)
* ''[[Canon Discontinuity|Van Halen III]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Canon Discontinuity|Van Halen III]]'' (1998)
* ''A Different Kind of Truth'' (2012)
* ''A Different Kind of Truth'' (2012)
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* [[Big Rock Ending]]
* [[Big Rock Ending]]
* [[Car Song]]: "Panama", even with all the [[Double Entendre|Double Entendres]]. [[Word of God|Roth]] said that the lyrics came after he was criticized for only writing songs about "partying, sex and cars", which made him realize he hadn't written a song about a car.
* [[Car Song]]: "Panama", even with all the [[Double Entendre|Double Entendres]]. [[Word of God|Roth]] said that the lyrics came after he was criticized for only writing songs about "partying, sex and cars", which made him realize he hadn't written a song about a car.
* [[Career Resurrection]]: Many fans had written Van Halen off at the start of the second decade of the 21st century. After a messy divorce with Sammy Hagar, an album with Gary Cherone which flopped, Michael Anthony's forced departure from the band and Eddie's bouts with alcoholism and cancer. But once Eddie came out of rehab, the band mended fences with Roth and hit the studio to record ''A Different Kind of Truth'' the band's first album of new material in 14 years. The album charted all the way up to #2 (same spot as ''1984''), spawned a hit single and returned them to the limelight, featuring some of Eddie's best playing in decades.
* [[Career Resurrection]]: Many fans had written Van Halen off at the start of the second decade of the 21st century. After a messy divorce with Sammy Hagar, an album with Gary Cherone which flopped, Michael Anthony's forced departure from the band and Eddie's bouts with alcoholism and cancer. But once Eddie came out of rehab, the band mended fences with Roth and hit the studio to record ''A Different Kind of Truth'' the band's first album of new material in 14 years. The album charted all the way up to #2 (same spot as ''1984''), spawned a hit single and returned them to the limelight, featuring some of Eddie's best playing in decades.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Dave's gonna tell you one time!
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Dave's gonna tell you one time!
* [[Cover Version]]: "You Really Got Me" and "Where Have All the Good Times Gone?" by [[The Kinks]]<ref>During a ''Diver Down'' interview, Dave admitted they could play "six different Kinks songs", and would play them "into the dirt" every night when they were starting out</ref>, "Ice Cream Man" by John Brim, "You're No Good" by Betty Everett (but popularised by [[Linda Ronstadt]]) "Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison, "Dancing in the Street" by Martha and the Vandellas, "Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)" by Milton Ager and Jack Yellen, "Happy Trails" by [[Roy Rogers]] and Dale Evans (all DLR), "A Apolitical Blues" by [[Little Feat]] (the only cover to make it on a Van Hagar album). In concert they would frequently play "Rock and Roll" by [[Led Zeppelin]], "Addicted to Love" by [[Robert Palmer]], Sammy Hagar's solo hit "I Can't Drive 55" and "Won't Get Fooled Again" by [[The Who]]. For many people, [[Covered Up|their versions overshadow the originals]] - Ray Davies himself said their cover of "You Really Got Me" beat the original.
* [[Cover Version]]: "You Really Got Me" and "Where Have All the Good Times Gone?" by [[The Kinks]]<ref>During a ''Diver Down'' interview, Dave admitted they could play "six different Kinks songs", and would play them "into the dirt" every night when they were starting out</ref>, "Ice Cream Man" by John Brim, "You're No Good" by Betty Everett (but popularised by [[Linda Ronstadt]]) "Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison, "Dancing in the Street" by Martha and the Vandellas, "Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)" by Milton Ager and Jack Yellen, "Happy Trails" by [[Roy Rogers]] and Dale Evans (all DLR), "A Apolitical Blues" by [[Little Feat]] (the only cover to make it on a Van Hagar album). In concert they would frequently play "Rock and Roll" by [[Led Zeppelin]], "Addicted to Love" by [[Robert Palmer]], Sammy Hagar's solo hit "I Can't Drive 55" and "Won't Get Fooled Again" by [[The Who]]. For many people, [[Covered Up|their versions overshadow the originals]] - Ray Davies himself said their cover of "You Really Got Me" beat the original.
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* [[Freestate Amsterdam]]: The lyrics Sammy Hagar made for "Amsterdam". Eddie and Alex, being born in Amsterdam, hated them (Eddie called them "just stupid" when interviewed by ''Guitar World''), but, since by then inter-band relations were getting so bad, Sammy refused to change them.
* [[Freestate Amsterdam]]: The lyrics Sammy Hagar made for "Amsterdam". Eddie and Alex, being born in Amsterdam, hated them (Eddie called them "just stupid" when interviewed by ''Guitar World''), but, since by then inter-band relations were getting so bad, Sammy refused to change them.
* [[Gratuitous Panning]]: Templeman's production gimmick was to put Eddie's guitar high in the mix and pan it, either slightly or more blatantly, to the left (or sometimes the right) to simulate a "live" sound. Eddie hated this and got rid of it after Templeman and Dave left.
* [[Gratuitous Panning]]: Templeman's production gimmick was to put Eddie's guitar high in the mix and pan it, either slightly or more blatantly, to the left (or sometimes the right) to simulate a "live" sound. Eddie hated this and got rid of it after Templeman and Dave left.
* [[I Call It Vera]]: Eddie's striped guitar, [[Franken X|Frankenstrat]].
* [[I Call It Vera]]: Eddie's striped guitar, [[Franken-X|Frankenstrat]].
* [[Iconic Logo]]
* [[Iconic Logo]]
([[Epic Riff]])
([[Epic Riff]])
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* [[Record Producer]]: Ted Templeman between 1978-1984, with long-term engineer Donn Landee, and with various others afterwards (the band, Donn Landee and Mick Jones on ''5150'', the band and Donn Landee on ''OU812'', the band, a returning Templeman and Andy Johns on ''F.U.C.K.'', Bruce Fairbairn on ''Balance'', Eddie and Mike Post on ''Van Halen III'', and the band and John Shanks on ''A Different Kind of Truth'').
* [[Record Producer]]: Ted Templeman between 1978-1984, with long-term engineer Donn Landee, and with various others afterwards (the band, Donn Landee and Mick Jones on ''5150'', the band and Donn Landee on ''OU812'', the band, a returning Templeman and Andy Johns on ''F.U.C.K.'', Bruce Fairbairn on ''Balance'', Eddie and Mike Post on ''Van Halen III'', and the band and John Shanks on ''A Different Kind of Truth'').
* [[Ret-Gone]]: Around the time Michael Anthony was kicked out, the band shot themselves in the foot by Photoshopping the cover of their first album displayed on their website to replace him with Wolfgang Van Halen.
* [[Ret-Gone]]: Around the time Michael Anthony was kicked out, the band shot themselves in the foot by Photoshopping the cover of their first album displayed on their website to replace him with Wolfgang Van Halen.
* [[Right Now Montage]]: "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMV-fenGP1g Right Now]", [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Right Now Montage]]: "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMV-fenGP1g Right Now]", [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Rule of Funny]]: They ran off this while Dave was in the band.
* [[Rule of Funny]]: They ran off this while Dave was in the band.
* [[Shout-Out]]: The chorus of "Can't Stop Lovin' You" shows that it's based on the similarly titled [[Ray Charles]] song. At least, near the end of the song.
* [[Shout-Out]]: The chorus of "Can't Stop Lovin' You" shows that it's based on the similarly titled [[Ray Charles]] song. At least, near the end of the song.
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